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authorJack Nagel2011-11-07 22:46:36 -0600
committerJack Nagel2011-11-07 22:46:36 -0600
commit0cc3eb296d798e24907bdc9f1a0cc8debc412eb9 (patch)
tree9064bb5cdb434dfb5f779f18d1977209f61ba567 /share
parent323c30978fd3ab008fc32caa58f34b9b0a14728f (diff)
downloadbrew-0cc3eb296d798e24907bdc9f1a0cc8debc412eb9.tar.bz2
cleanup: add an option to perform a 'dry run'
Sometimes you want to know what `brew cleanup` will do before it actually removes anything. Introduce a '-n' option (chosen to match other UNIX tools) to do this. Signed-off-by: Jack Nagel <jacknagel@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man1/brew.17
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man1/brew.1 b/share/man/man1/brew.1
index a87394bf7..af6c637fb 100644
--- a/share/man/man1/brew.1
+++ b/share/man/man1/brew.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" generated with Ronn/v0.7.3
.\" http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3
.
-.TH "BREW" "1" "October 2011" "Homebrew" "brew"
+.TH "BREW" "1" "November 2011" "Homebrew" "brew"
.
.SH "NAME"
\fBbrew\fR \- The missing package manager for OS X
@@ -64,12 +64,15 @@ If \fB\-\-strict\fR is passed, perform additional stricter checks that may not n
Display the source to \fIformula\fR\.
.
.TP
-\fBcleanup [\-\-force]\fR [\fIformula\fR]
+\fBcleanup [\-\-force] [\-n]\fR [\fIformula\fR]
For all installed or specific formulae, remove any older versions from the cellar\. By default, does not remove out\-of\-date keg\-only brews, as other software may link directly to specific versions\.
.
.IP
If \fB\-\-force\fR is passed, remove out\-of\-date keg\-only brews as well\.
.
+.IP
+If \fB\-n\fR is passed, show what would be removed, but do not actually remove anything\.
+.
.TP
\fBcreate [\-\-autotools|\-\-cmake] [\-\-no\-fetch]\fR \fIURL\fR
Generate a formula for the downloadable file at \fIURL\fR and open it in $EDITOR\. Homebrew will attempt to automatically derive the formula name and version, but if it fails, you\'ll have to make your own template\. The wget formula serves as a simple example\.